UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[TM2-Megatron]

One of our (opposition) MPs recently suggested that appointing a Potted Plant as a Department Head (aka Cabinet Minister) could be a viable option, after several repeated instances of testimonies that accounted to "well, a Minister can't be aware of everything going on in their department!" as an excuse to gross incompetence, corruption, bidrigging, and misappropriation of tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers money.

Hell, I'd go for it.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

One of our (opposition) MPs recently suggested that appointing a Potted Plant as a Department Head (aka Cabinet Minister) could be a viable option, after several repeated instances of testimonies that accounted to "well, a Minister can't be aware of everything going on in their department!" as an excuse to gross incompetence, corruption, bidrigging, and misappropriation of tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers money.

Hell, I'd go for it.

Well, a lettuce lasted longer than one of our prime ministers...

 

[wonko the sane?]

Finally a politician in favour of solar power!

 

[Anonymous X]

300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis

Nearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs, it emerges, as charities accuse government of failing poorest

www.theguardian.com

Weren’t we promised that Brexit would be massively beneficial for the poorest?

 

[abates]

 

[wonko the sane?]

Yes, but what does it mean?

 

[KidTDragon]

And are they yellow Labs, black Labs, chocolate Labs?

 

[Pocket]

With those kinds of numbers, there's gonna be plenty of room for all three. Wow.

Like... both of those charts have the ruling party winning by the kind of margins either of our major parties could only dream of, at least at the national level. Just try not to think too hard about why the Tories were able to pull those kinds of numbers three years into the apocalypse they personally masterminded.

 

[Anonymous X]

Yes, but what does it mean?

Labour one-party state replacing Tory one-party state, I guess.

FWIW, I don’t believe these opinion polls. I’ve seen numerous times in the past a predicted Labour Party election win to become a Tory election win. I mean, I don’t think Labour won’t win this time, but nowhere near the enormous margins polling suggests. Some polls have where I live going not-Tory, which in practice isn’t remotely likely to ever happen.

 

[MrBlud]

With a Labour margin that large, why they’ll be “forced” to adopt the Tory position on a number of issues so they can be competitive next election…

 

[Anonymous X]

With a Labour margin that large, why they’ll be “forced” to adopt the Tory position on a number of issues so they can be competitive next election…

Exaclty why I won’t be voting for them. TBH, I won’t be voting in the local elections next month and there’s no one I’d be willing to vote for in a general election.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

And are they yellow Labs, black Labs, chocolate Labs?

No.
Because people like and trust labradors WAAAAAAAAY more.

 

[Anonymous X]

Well, that’s me convinced!!!

 

[Anonymous X]

New Brexit checks will cause food shortages in UK, importers warn

Rules due to come in this month will impose new handling fees – and experts say small suppliers are already being driven away

www.theguardian.com

Brexit hasn’t even finished the economic pain that it is constantly inflicting.

 

[KidTDragon]

Is it just fragile egos preventing the UK from rejoining the EU and putting an end to all this, or is there more to it than that at this point?

 

[wonko the sane?]

Pretty much. It's the same reason why quebec can't bring in nuclear power: it means doing a hard 180 degrees on one point of ideology or another, and it while it might be the best idea and the right thing to do; it would also mean that to a man, none of them will ever be reelected. A ideological betrayal of their base.

 

[Anonymous X]

Is it just fragile egos preventing the UK from rejoining the EU and putting an end to all this, or is there more to it than that at this point?

Well, yes, and also the fact that the Tories have diverged from EU/EEA laws that we’d have to conform to. Although that aspect could still be reversed if it needed to be, given we haven’t been out ‘fully’ since the end of 2021.

I think we will end up “back in” somehow, even if just the European single market or similar, but it might take longer than any of us want it to. And there will be a considerable amount of damage to the UK in that time.
I’m not even joking when I say we likely will be a smaller economy than either Poland or Romania once we’re back in.

 

[Anonymous X]

PM promises summer Rwanda flights as wrangles over bill continue - BBC News

The wrangling between the Commons and the Lords continues, as MPs and peers vote on the Rwanda bill.

www.bbc.com

Government got its crazy “send immigrants to a prison camp in Rwanda at the cost of hundreds of millions of Pounds” law passed. They even struck down an amendment exempting from deportation the Afghans who assisted the British military.

 

[Pocket]

Isn't Rwanda an independent country now? Do they get a say in this?

 

[Anonymous X]

Isn't Rwanda an independent country now? Do they get a say in this?

The UK government have paid the Rwandan government over £200 million (so far!) to build and run detention camps.